From: Pierre J. <pierrej@torontosun.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.republicans,sac.politics,can.politics,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Bettors strongly back Conservative win, despite a Liberal polling lead
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:06:08 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Victor Usenet Postings
Parliamentary bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to reporter Christopher
Nardi about why bettors might be putting money on the Conservative
party, despite national polls showing the party several points behind
the Liberals.
A recent Postmedia-Leger poll last week found that the Liberals are
hanging onto the lead in the federal election with 43 per cent of
support nationally, five points ahead of the Conservatives who are at 38
per cent support.
But the sports betting site FanDuel, which only operates in Ontario and
carries odds for political events, says that 70 per cent of the bets
placed on the winner of the federal election are on the Conservative
party, with only 28 per cent of bettors wagering on the Liberals. The
company says that more than 80 per cent of the bets on the Conservatives
were placed after March 25, when the election was underway and the
Liberals were pulling away as favourites.
Canadians go to the polls on April 28.
National Post
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/betting-odds-strongly-back-conservat
ive-win-despite-a-liberal-polling-lead/ar-AA1DxYC7